How to root Xiaomi Mi Pad

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px;">This simple step-by-step guide is about how to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">root</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px;"> the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">Developer ROM</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px;"> or </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">Stable ROM</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px;"> of your Mi Pad by only using the stock </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">MI-Recovery</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px;">. There is </span><a href="http://en.miui.com/thread-27976-1-1.html" style="background-color: white; color: #336699; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">another guide</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px;"> which describes how this can be achieved by using the tool VRoot via USB connection from a PC, but I do not like installing a software on my PC about which I do not know with 99% certainty what else (besides rooting) it might be doing. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">Prerequisites:</span></span><br /><ul style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mi Pad with Stock MI-Recovery 2.0.1</span></li><li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">file <i style="word-wrap: break-word;">update.zip </i>(attached)</span><div class="showhide" style="border: 1px dashed rgb(255, 154, 154); margin: 8px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 10px; word-wrap: break-word; zoom: 1;"><h4 style="color: #ff6666; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hidden content</span></h4><ignore_js_op style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" class="vm" src="http://en.miui.com/static/image/miui/base/filetype/zip.png" style="vertical-align: middle; word-wrap: break-word;" /> <span id="attach_116856" initialized="true" style="white-space: nowrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=attachment&aid=MTE2ODU2fDBmZGYyZjNhfDE0MjEwNDY3MzR8NjA1MDk5OTU2fDMwNjE3" style="color: #336699; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">update.zip</a> <span class="xg1" style="color: #666666; word-wrap: break-word;">(1.93 MB, Downloads: 5445)</span></span></span></ignore_js_op></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">Steps:</span></span><br /><ul class="litype_1" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" type="1"><li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Download the file <i style="word-wrap: break-word;">update.zip</i> (according to my experience the download via browser on phone/tablet often is not working properly or results in a corrupt zip file, thus I would advice to download it using your PC)</span></li><li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Copy the file <i style="word-wrap: break-word;">update.zip</i> to the root folder of the internal storage (<span style="font-size: small; word-wrap: break-word;"><i style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word;">'Computer\MI PAD\Internal storage'</span></i></span>  in case of a USB connection to a PC, mind that this is NOT the root folder of your SD Card) like shown in the below picture on PC and on your Mi Pad: <br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span><div align="center" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><ignore_js_op style="word-wrap: break-word;"><img aid="116827" file="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/062200y06jz1jinbbz1qbq.png.thumb.jpg" id="aimg_116827" inpost="1" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201407/30/062200y06jz1jinbbz1qbq.png.thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;" zoomfile="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/062200y06jz1jinbbz1qbq.png" /></ignore_js_op><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><ignore_js_op style="word-wrap: break-word;"><img aid="116828" file="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/062516b5qkkhksrzdkkzbk.png.thumb.jpg" id="aimg_116828" inpost="1" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201407/30/062516b5qkkhksrzdkkzbk.png.thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;" zoomfile="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/062516b5qkkhksrzdkkzbk.png" /> </ignore_js_op><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span></div></li><li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Boot your Mi Pad into MI-Recovery:<br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" />i) Long press the Power button and select & confirm <i style="word-wrap: break-word;">Reboot</i><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span><div align="center" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><ignore_js_op style="word-wrap: break-word;"><img aid="116832" file="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/062919f7g7v6laov2fiemi.png.thumb.jpg" id="aimg_116832" inpost="1" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201407/30/062919f7g7v6laov2fiemi.png.thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;" zoomfile="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/062919f7g7v6laov2fiemi.png" /> </ignore_js_op><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><ignore_js_op style="word-wrap: break-word;"><img aid="116833" file="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/062931tmbbsvy76skrlq76.png.thumb.jpg" id="aimg_116833" inpost="1" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201407/30/062931tmbbsvy76skrlq76.png.thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;" zoomfile="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/062931tmbbsvy76skrlq76.png" /> </ignore_js_op></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" />ii) Immediately after the white turning circle disappears press the <i style="word-wrap: break-word;">Volume Up</i> button and keep it pressed <br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span><div align="center" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><ignore_js_op style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img aid="116834" file="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/063111ld1skookmoso8owm.png.thumb.jpg" id="aimg_116834" inpost="1" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201407/30/063111ld1skookmoso8owm.png.thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;" zoomfile="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/063111ld1skookmoso8owm.png" /></span></ignore_js_op></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" />iii) Your Mi Pad will boot and show the MI logo, you can now release the power button<br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span><div align="center" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><ignore_js_op style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img aid="116840" file="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/064827psr193096tz4d6ng.jpg.thumb.jpg" id="aimg_116840" inpost="1" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201407/30/064827psr193096tz4d6ng.jpg.thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;" zoomfile="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/064827psr193096tz4d6ng.jpg" /></span></ignore_js_op></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" />iv) The MI-Recovery will be shown, you navigate up and down using the Volume buttons and select with the Power button</span></li><li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the MI-Recovery navigate to <i style="word-wrap: break-word;">'English</i>' and select the entry<br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span><div align="center" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><ignore_js_op style="word-wrap: break-word;"><img aid="116845" file="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/070352s6nsb467b31egoh8.jpg.thumb.jpg" id="aimg_116845" inpost="1" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201407/30/070352s6nsb467b31egoh8.jpg.thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;" zoomfile="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/070352s6nsb467b31egoh8.jpg" /> </ignore_js_op><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span></div></li><li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Select<i style="word-wrap: break-word;">'Install update.zip to System One</i>' and confirm with YES. The progress bar is increasing during the installation, don't get afraid if it gets shortly stuck at 98%<br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span><div align="center" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><ignore_js_op style="word-wrap: break-word;"><img aid="116842" file="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/065036yu7rrqqnnu9uq2qo.jpg.thumb.jpg" id="aimg_116842" inpost="1" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201407/30/065036yu7rrqqnnu9uq2qo.jpg.thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;" zoomfile="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/065036yu7rrqqnnu9uq2qo.jpg" /> </ignore_js_op><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><ignore_js_op style="word-wrap: break-word;"><img aid="116846" file="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/070413n6n8pta58rozrn8t.jpg.thumb.jpg" id="aimg_116846" inpost="1" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201407/30/070413n6n8pta58rozrn8t.jpg.thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;" zoomfile="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/070413n6n8pta58rozrn8t.jpg" /> </ignore_js_op><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span></div></li><li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After you got the green '<i style="word-wrap: break-word;">Update complete!</i>' message select <i style="word-wrap: break-word;">Back<br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></i></span><div align="center" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><ignore_js_op style="word-wrap: break-word;"><img aid="116847" file="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/070430yvh9l9f61fp6jgpj.jpg.thumb.jpg" id="aimg_116847" inpost="1" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201407/30/070430yvh9l9f61fp6jgpj.jpg.thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;" zoomfile="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/070430yvh9l9f61fp6jgpj.jpg" /> </ignore_js_op><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span></div></li><li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Select and confirm '<i style="word-wrap: break-word;">Reboot</i>', in the next menu select '<i style="word-wrap: break-word;">Reboot to System One (latest)</i>'<br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span><div align="center" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><ignore_js_op style="word-wrap: break-word;"><img aid="116843" file="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/065108pvawfggkqc6ayf1a.jpg.thumb.jpg" id="aimg_116843" inpost="1" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201407/30/065108pvawfggkqc6ayf1a.jpg.thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;" zoomfile="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/065108pvawfggkqc6ayf1a.jpg" /> </ignore_js_op><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span></div></li><li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the reboot has finished, start the new app <span style="font-weight: 700; word-wrap: break-word;">SuperSU</span> and check that it works properly by launching an app which requests root permission (like Titanium Backup) and confirm the Superuser request with <i style="word-wrap: break-word;">Grant</i><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span><div align="center" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><ignore_js_op style="word-wrap: break-word;"><img aid="116848" file="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/071000ice2ge5lsll98egm.png.thumb.jpg" id="aimg_116848" inpost="1" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201407/30/071000ice2ge5lsll98egm.png.thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;" zoomfile="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/071000ice2ge5lsll98egm.png" /> </ignore_js_op><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /><ignore_js_op style="word-wrap: break-word;"><img aid="116849" file="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/071004drrzv8980aa3avua.png.thumb.jpg" id="aimg_116849" inpost="1" src="http://en.miui.com/data/attachment/forum/201407/30/071004drrzv8980aa3avua.png.thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; word-wrap: break-word;" zoomfile="data/attachment/forum/201407/30/071004drrzv8980aa3avua.png" /> </ignore_js_op><br style="word-wrap: break-word;" /></span></div></li><li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Enjoy your rooted Mi Pad</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word;">Important:</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px;">So far my experience is that after each OTA update you will need to apply root again, thus keep the</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">update.zip</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px;"> file in the internal storage (if you install other zip files via recovery simply rename it).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-weight: 700; line-height: 21px; word-wrap: break-word;">Caution:</span></span><br /><div class="quote" style="background: url(http://en.miui.com/static/image/miui/base/icon_quote_s.gif) 20px 6px no-repeat rgb(249, 249, 249); color: #666666; line-height: 21px; margin: 10px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 10px 10px 5px 65px; word-wrap: break-word; zoom: 1;"><blockquote style="background: url(http://en.miui.com/static/image/miui/base/icon_quote_e.gif) 100% 100% no-repeat; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 65px 5px 0px; word-wrap: break-word; zoom: 1;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a safe process, <br style="word-wrap: break-word;" />but I am not responsible for anything bad <br style="word-wrap: break-word;" />that happens to your tablet</span></blockquote></div><div><blockquote style="background: url(http://en.miui.com/static/image/miui/base/icon_quote_e.gif) 100% 100% no-repeat; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 65px 5px 0px; word-wrap: break-word; zoom: 1;"><br /></blockquote></div></div>

How to root Xiaomi Mi Pad

This simple step-by-step guide is about how to  root  the  Developer ROM  or  Stable ROM  of your Mi Pad by only using the stock  MI-Recover...

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